“Es que yo también tengo mis derechos”: The narrative of Spanish far-right electorate's aggrieved entitlement
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Affects, aggrieved entitlement, far right, voters, VoxAbstract
Far-right parties have consolidated their position in the European political landscape. Sociodemographic factors contribute to the voter profile, but they are insufficient predictors. For this reason, it is necessary to complement them with attitudinal factors. In this sense, we believe it is necessary to study the affective politics of the far right and the narrative of its electorate's aggrieved entitlement. Therefore, this research aims to map the grievances of the voters of the Spanish far-right party, Vox, and to analyze the narrative: which is the grievance, which subjects aggrieve and are aggrieved, and which constellations are interwoven to activate it. For this, we considered the variables of gender and social class. The affective-discursive analysis of 37 semi-structured interviews reveals the predominance of the grievance narrative, especially the male, female, economic, and Western grievances.
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